July 2006 Archives
- July 17, 2006: Animal Farm || No. of Comments: 3
While I love my new apartment, lately I’ve been fighting with the animals over who gets to inhabit this space. Last Friday when I came home from work I noticed a hole chewed in the side of my air conditioner — more specifically in the screen that closes the gap between my a/c window unit and the window sill. It was a hole perfectly sized for a squirrel, with teethmarks that matched and one perfectly squirrel-sized poop on the inside of my window sill. Which meant one thing — it not only chewed a hole in my a/c, but it…
- July 11, 2006: Hopefully || No. of Comments: 7
The Twin Cities Pride celebrations were almost three weeks ago. I had planned to go to three parties, one wedding and to volunteer at the Target booth. Instead, after a phone call from my dad, I drove five hours to Milwaukee, took a boat two hours to Michigan and drove another two hours to my parents’ house so that I could be home for my grandmother’s funeral. That’s another story I haven’t yet figured out how to tell. I missed the Pride celebrations this year, but who cares, right? Isn’t Pride done with, an unnecessary relic of years when the…
- July 7, 2006: Toronto 2006 || No. of Comments: 5
Last Friday 10 of my teammates and I traveled to Toronto for a softball tournament. (I guess we’re just that serious about our softball.) Remember my last trip to Toronto? This one was different. Last year I had maybe one drink per day. This year I had maybe one drink per hour; they just kept landing in my hands. The vineyard tours on the way to Niagara Falls didn’t help, either. (View photo) Last year I went by myself and spent the entire weekend with my good friend Jose. We went where we wanted, when we wanted. This year,…
